Osborne returns for 48-Hour Film Project

Thursday

May 27, 2010 at 3:51 PM

MIDDLEBORO — For the fifth year in a row, The Burt Wood School of Performing Arts, in conjunction with director Andrew Osborne and Ol' Bait Shop Productions, will be participating in the national competition, The 48-Hour Film Project.

MIDDLEBORO — For the fifth year in a row, The Burt Wood School of Performing Arts, in conjunction with director Andrew Osborne and Ol' Bait Shop Productions, will be participating in the national competition, The 48-Hour Film Project.

For the past four years the groups paired up for the Boston competition. This year, the group will be competing in the Providence, R.I. festival. Past entries by the local performing arts school can be accessed on You-Tube, under "Shoe," "Farm Force," "de Zomer Kamp" and the award-winning "Sock Pox" which was chosen for the 2009 Best of Boston and won Best Use of Props, Best Song, Best Supporting Performance, and was second runner up for Best Film.

Mr. Osborne, along with his cast, will create, produce and edit a short film or video in just 48 hours. The project is a thrilling challenge for all level actors, (of all ages) as they must be ready for anything during the two-day production process.

Mr. Osborne has over 20 years of experience working in the entertainment industry as a comedy/screen writer, game designer, film/video director and actor. He has worked on dozens of independent and major motion picture projects for some of the top studios and production companies in the business, including HBO, MTV, Dark Castle Entertainment, Troma, MPCA/Orion and Warner Bros.

Mr. Osborne has also worked on numerous projects with film director Jed Weintrob, including "The F Word" (a quasi-documentary staring Josh Hamilton, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival), "Awake" (a screenplay for Michael Douglas through Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment), and "SuperVision" (a multi-media theatrical piece for the Builders Association in New York City). He also co-wrote "On_Line," an independent feature which premiered at the 2002 Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals.

Mr. Osborne received a B.A. in English from Harvard University and a Master's degree in writing from the University of Massachusetts. He also teaches writing, acting and filmmaking classes in and around Boston, and online screenwriting classes for UCLA Extension.

The Providence Rhode Island 48 Hour Film Project will take place over the weekend of July 17-18, with each team being given a specific genre, as well as a character, prop and line of dialogue that must appear somewhere in the movie. Over the following 48 hours, the teams must not only come up with a plot and script, but must film all of the scenes, produce and edit the film, with the final product being submitted by Sunday, July 18.

For Burt Wood students, cost to participate in the weekend event is $50 each; for non-Burt Wood students, cost will be $75 each. Filming for the event will be held in Middleboro only.

More information about the project itself can be found on www.48hourfilm.com/providence. To participate, call 508-946-1071 or download a registration form at burtwoodschool.com under UPCOMING EVENTS or FILM PROJECTS. Deadline for all paperwork is June 15.

Filmmakers from all over New England will participate in the Providence-based division of the competition, with winners from the project then going on to compete against entries from all around the world for the title "Best 48 Hour Film Project of 2010." Screenings for all films will be premiered July 20-22, Cinema World Lincoln Mall 16, 622 George Washington Highway, Lincoln, R.I. at 7 p.m.